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Amazon Seller Fee Changes

Every Amazon fee change we've covered for UK sellers — referral fees, FBA fees, storage, surcharges and the bookkeeping impact of each.

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• Amazon AWD comes to the UK and Europe

  Bulk storage with automatic FBA replenishment is now in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and Spain — with AWD storage fees waived from October to December 2026.

  Announced 20 August 2026

• Amazon peak season 2026: the fees and dates UK sellers need

  The festive peak fulfilment fee returns from 15 October 2026 (about 12p per UK parcel), alongside deal fees and Q4 inbound deadlines.

  Announced 14 July 2026

• Amazon's launch incentives: New Selection Programme 2026 and New Seller Incentives

  Fee credits, free storage and free returns on new branded FBA products, plus up to £44,000 off referral fees in newer EU stores — and how to book the credits.

  Announced 29 June 2026

• FBA removal and disposal fees are now charged per unit

  From 1 May 2026, Amazon charges removal and disposal fees as each unit is processed, not when the whole order completes. Rates are unchanged.

  Announced 9 April 2026

• Amazon adds a 1.5% fuel and logistics surcharge to FBA fees

  From 17 April 2026 (FBA) and 2 May 2026 (MCF), Amazon adds 1.5% to fulfilment fees in the UK and nine EU countries — about 5p per unit.

  Announced 2 April 2026

• Amazon's digital services fee: what changed for UK sellers in March 2026

  UK-established sellers pay a 3% digital services fee on selling and FBA fees for sales in France, Italy and Spain from 20 March 2026.

  Announced 17 February 2026

• Amazon's 2026 UK and EU fee changes explained

  Cheaper FBA parcels, referral fee cuts in clothing, home, pet and grocery, Low-price FBA up to £20 — and higher storage, returns and liquidation fees.

  Announced 2 December 2025

• Amazon cuts UK voucher fees and adds a £200 cap

  Vouchers created from 5 November 2025 cost £2 plus 0.75% of voucher sales, capped at £200 per voucher — down from an uncapped 1.5%.

  Announced 22 October 2025

• Amazon's holiday returns window and your January refunds

  Christmas orders could be returned until 31 January 2026. How to handle the January refunds in your accounts and on your VAT return.

  Announced 21 October 2025

• Amazon Business: fee discounts on bulk B2B orders

  Lower referral and FBA fees on bulk Amazon Business orders for sellers offering business pricing at least 3% below standard.

  Announced 1 October 2025

• Amazon's 2025 UK holiday peak fulfilment fee

  From 15 October 2025 to 14 January 2026, UK FBA parcels carried a peak fee averaging 10p per item (5p per large envelope).

  Announced 26 August 2025

• Amazon offers FBA fee discounts for using its recommended packing method

  Pack inbound stock into Amazon's recommended pack groups and, once verified, get a discount on future FBA fulfilment fees within 30 days.

  Announced 24 July 2025

• Amazon moves more FBA parcel fees to unit weight only in 2025

  From May 2025 (clothing, bags) and October 2025 (14 more categories), FBA parcel fees use unit weight only and seven size tiers, cutting fees for most items.

  Announced 18 April 2025

• Amazon updates UK Multi-Channel Fulfilment fees for 2025

  From 15 May 2025, UK MCF envelopes got cheaper, parcel rates held and oversize moved to 12 bands averaging 2.8% more.

  Announced 14 April 2025

• Amazon switches UK deal and voucher fees to a performance-based model

  From June 2025, UK deals cost £2.50/day + 0.75% of deal sales (cap £400) instead of £50/£25; vouchers moved to £2 + 1.5% of sales.

  Announced 20 March 2025

• Amazon's 2025 European FBA and referral fee changes

  From 1 February 2025: parcel FBA fees held or cut, oversize bands cut from 28 to 17, lower minimum referral fee for heavy items, higher storage-related fees.

  Announced 16 December 2024

• Amazon's 2024 holiday returns window: returns until 31 January 2025

  Items bought from 1 November to 25 December 2024 could be returned until 31 January 2025 (Spain: to 6 February); electronics on .de and .it until 15 January.

  Announced 11 October 2024

• Amazon changes how FBA lost and damaged stock is reimbursed

  Since 31 March 2025, warehouse-lost or damaged FBA stock is reimbursed at manufacturing cost; most claims are automatic, and manual ones have 60–105-day windows.

  Announced 10 October 2024

• Amazon disposes of unfulfillable FBA stock after 23 days from September 2024

  Since 16 September 2024, unfulfillable FBA stock is disposed of or donated 23 days after notice unless you remove, liquidate or automate it.

  Announced 3 September 2024

• Amazon introduces a separate digital services fee from October 2024

  From 1 October 2024 Amazon's DST cost became a separate fee: 2% on selling and FBA fees for UK-based sellers selling in the UK.

  Announced 19 August 2024

• Amazon cuts small oversize FBA fees and the Pan-EU oversize surcharge in 2024

  From September 2024, small oversize FBA fees fell 12–30% (UK, FR, IT, ES) and the Pan-EU oversize surcharge was cut 30–50% for France, Italy and Spain.

  Announced 15 August 2024

• Amazon halves FBA fees in Poland and delays Low-price FBA in Belgium

  From 12 August 2024, Poland FBA fees fell about 50% on average (no end date); Belgium's Low-price FBA rates were pushed back to 2025.

  Announced 6 August 2024

• Amazon caps MCF reimbursements at £250 per unit

  From 23 August 2024, Amazon pays at most £250 (UK) or €275 (DE, FR, IT, ES) per unit lost or damaged in Multi-Channel Fulfilment.

  Announced 23 July 2024

• Amazon UK Multi-Channel Fulfilment fees, 2022 to 2024

  Three UK MCF fee revisions: a rise with new multi-unit discounts in November 2022, parcel increases in April 2023, and a 5.6% average rise from 16 May 2024.

  Announced 16 April 2024

• Amazon cuts the referral fee on clothing under £15 to 8%

  From 15 May 2024, clothing and accessories under £15 (€15, SEK 175, PLN 65) paid an 8% referral fee; some sales were wrongly charged 15% at first.

  Announced 15 April 2024

• Amazon's 2024 EU fee changes and the new Pan-EU low-inventory fee

  2024 EU fee changes from 5 February, plus a new Pan-EU low-inventory fee from April 2024 for stock below 28 days of supply (credited until 14 May).

  Announced 19 December 2023

• Amazon Vine adds free and £60 enrolment tiers

  From 19 October 2023, Vine enrolment cost £0 (up to 2 units), £60 (up to 10) or £140 (up to 30) per parent ASIN; New Selection products got 25% off from September 2024.

  Announced 3 October 2023

• Amazon replaces Small and Light with Low-price FBA rates

  From 26 September 2023, Small and Light closed and Low-price FBA rates applied automatically to items priced at or below £10 in the UK (€11–€12 in the EU).

  Announced 3 August 2023

• Amazon's 2023 European FBA fees and the move to dimensional weight

  From 1 March 2023, moderate FBA fee rises, mostly unchanged referral fees, and parcel fees based on the greater of unit or dimensional weight.

  Announced 19 January 2023

• Amazon starts removing aged FBA stock automatically

  From 15 September 2022, FBA stock over 365 days old was removed automatically unless you opted out; without a return address it was donated, recycled or disposed of.

  Announced 6 September 2022

• Amazon Partnered Carrier discounts on FBA inbound shipping, 2021–2023

  Partnered Carrier inbound shipping was discounted: 80% for new users (Apr–Sep 2021), then about 20% off UK parcels and 50% off in DE, FR, IT, ES until April 2023.

  Announced 12 July 2022

• FBA New Selection: free storage, removals and a 5% rebate for new products

  New-to-FBA products got 90 days' free storage, 180 days' free removals and (for registered brands) a 5% rebate against fulfilment fees; liquidations replaced disposals from January 2024.

  Announced 23 June 2022

• Amazon extends its 7% referral rate on Prime clothing above £40

  The 7% referral fee on the part of a Prime clothing, shoes or bags price above £40 (€45) was extended to 31 March 2023.

  Announced 10 May 2022

• Amazon's 2022 European fee changes and first fuel and inflation surcharge

  New FBA size tiers and dimensional weight for oversize items from 31 March 2022, then a 4.3% fuel and inflation surcharge from 12 May (about 10p per UK unit).

  Announced 27 January 2022

• Amazon introduces processing and referral fees on FBA Liquidations

  From 8 September 2021, FBA Liquidations charged a per-item processing fee and referral fee; sellers typically recovered 5–20% of the average sales price.

  Announced 10 August 2021

• Amazon changes how Professional plan subscription fees are billed across regions

  From August 2021, Professional plan fees for merged global accounts were split across regions in local currencies, billed on one day, still capped at US$39.99 a month in total.

  Announced 3 August 2021

• Amazon's 2021 changes to FBA Small and Light

  2021 Small and Light changes: new envelope tiers and fees from 8 June (from 60p in the UK), per-unit barcodes, an 8p UK label fee from November and looser eligibility.

  Announced 27 May 2021

• Amazon.pl launches with a year of reduced referral fees

  Amazon.pl opened on 2 March 2021 with 12 months of lower referral fees, e.g. 10% (from 15%) for Home & Kitchen and 5% (from 7%) for electronics.

  Announced 2 March 2021

• Amazon's 2021 fee relief: cheaper returns processing and delayed fee changes

  From 1 March 2021, no returns processing fee on watches and jewellery, and clothing, shoes and handbags charged 50% of the fulfilment fee; annual fee changes delayed to June.

  Announced 28 January 2021

• Amazon raises UK fees by 2% after the Digital Services Tax

  From 1 September 2020, UK referral, FBA, monthly storage and MCF fees rose 2% to pass on the UK Digital Services Tax.

  Announced 4 August 2020

• Amazon raises the IPI threshold to 400 and adds an FBA overage fee

  Amazon lifted the IPI score needed to avoid storage limits to 400 (from 350) and, from 1 August 2020, charged £7.80 per cubic foot a month for stock above the limit.

  Announced 1 June 2020